I like new Chvrches album. But MAN! Julia Holter! That thing is beauty in many senses!
And The World Is A Beautiful Place And I Am No Longer Afraid To Die... I even learned their name because that new album is really good!
I just came here to see if "Save a Prayer" was on the list or something from the Duran Duran debut, because that albums has the version of the band that I really like. Also, "The Reflex" in that version never disappoints!
The only thing that I could celebrate from this VMAs is that Colin Tilley won Best Director for "Alright". Congrats, because that video is still the best.
And yeah, the only time I watched that Miley video, I was wondering how much glitter a human being can swallow without dying. Maybe I'm too old to this kind of videos, and it's great.
The only thing I hate in Late Registration is that stupid sampler of Jamie Foxx imitating Ray Charles on "Gold Digger". Man, Kanye is making gold there, but that sampler always distracts me, it's too loud and too far to be perfect as almost everything on Late Registration. I used to think MBDTF is the best of his discography, because he improves a lot of things Late Registration shows in little but well dosified pieces, but everytime I listen this album I remember when Kanye became the great artist he is right now, no matter the genre.
To mst of the things you name here, I would add that Pixies has 3 songs on the list, but "Monkey Gone to Heaven" or "Hey" are out.
But, really, this is maybe the best list I have read about the 80's. I was also really happy to see "Running Up that Hill" so high. That song is everything. An Strafe's "Set it Off" needed a little of respect, and the list gives it.
Agree 100%. I gotta say this band evolves to a point where it doesn't matter if these new songs are better or not so good compared to others, because they can get to a new place of your soul everytime (or at least in the 5 five albums Beach House have released). Depression Cherry is an album about emotions getting abstract, not about situations, and its strength comes from the excellent sound Beach House have reached.
On The Sea + Used to Be + Heart of Chambers = Sparks
On the Sea (I can't change this song) + Take Care + You Came to Me = Beyond Love, which is one of my favourite songs on Depression Cherry. But I gotta say Space Song and PPP make me happy and sad at the same time in a great way.
I remember everytime I have heard Sufjan sing "Oh my Gooooooooodddddd" in "John Wayne Gacy Jr."! This is a great piece about Illinois in 2015, because it really bring back almost every aspect that surrounded one of the best albums of the decade. Thank you, Michael.
My #1 is Kendrick without a doubt, but Sufjan is my #3 if I include the Titus Andronicus album on the list. I can't agree with most of the list (and no Panda Bear... whatever), but the top 2 albums made me happy... without any reason but to celebrate good music.
I was 13 when I listened Jagged Little Pill, and, compare to the music you had access in Colombia for the nineties, this was a total revelation. You can say whatever you want about Alanis, her career before JLP, or all the better female artists the decade had, but that angry girl took many of us close to music we would take a long time to discover in other circumstances. Thanks to JLP, I started listening PJ Harvey, Fiona Apple, Liz Phair, Tori Amos and even Björk (maybe if you live outside of South America, you can't find much relation between these artists so easily, but the musical choices pre-internet here were that kind of poor).
Sometimes (very few times) I come back to JLP, and everytime I like it less, but I can't deny the good songwriter , and the very special singer Alanis Morissette was then. I gotta confess, I still hope she releases at least one more great song like "You Oughta Know" just to shut some mouths.
When you watch the "Sausage" video, you realize that there is something missing in videos today. The thing is bizarre in many ways, and nothing stopped this group of people to make the best video I've watched in a long time. I never thought Lil Mama would give me a smile like this I have right now.
Man, I can't make a Stereolab songs' list. I just can't because I don't know how to start: Stereolab is one of the most consistent bands ever so it's a extremely hard task to select 10 songs.
Maybe I have some eternal crushes like "Sadistic", "French Disko" and "Contronatura". Also: anyone have ever heard the Fab Four Suture? REALLY? To me, that thing is great! "Kybernetická" pt 1 & 2, "Interlock", and many more. A very, very, very underrated record.
But if you want to choose the song that resumes the best of this band is "John Cage Bubblegum", so this is one of the few times I totally agree with #1.
I realize I needed to talk about this band and listen again its records. Thank you a lot.
Exactly. Chairs Missing is perfection in the genre you want to classify this glorious album. "Outdoor Miner", "Too Late", "Practice Makes Perfect", my personal fave "I Am the Fly". No matter the song you choose, everything here is so well done.
Of course, no "Sweet Dreams" because it's a Stereogum list. But hey! "Love is a Stranger" is one of my favourites of all time, and I know many, many people haven't even heard it. Any way, thanks for this list.
I was hoping some comments about the presence of Nile Rodgers on Like A Virgin too, or a little more about why American Life supposed to be so "critical".
I'm trying to figure out how Music can be so low in a Madonna list...
There's not so much somebody can say about Like A Prayer. It's her best album by miles, because it feels different to everything she did before. And thanks to show respect to Ray of Light. If it wasn´t because of Ray of Light, I'd never knew Madonna's career the way I do now. I started to see her as a real artist, and not just a provocateur pop star.
As the Grammys are now giving recognition to some of my teenage idols in the last two years (Daft Punk, Beck), I predict Album of the Year in 2016 goes to BJÖRK?!?!?!?!
Nahhh, too good to be true, and I'm sure Taylor Swift will earn everything, including Metal Performance.
You can like Kanye or you can't, but we all know the guy KNOWS SOMETHING about music. Kanye has "lost" many times against ridiculous Grammy contenders (Maroon 5, last year Macklemore!!!, etc.)., and now he comes to talk about ARTISTRY IN THE GRAMMYS.
Why this charade, Kanye? Are you in love with Beyonce that much? Are you so in love with ARTISTRY? Do you still need to kiss Jay-Z's ass?
Ok, to me Beyonce deserved the award, but, man, RESPECT BECK AND RESPECT US.
Ok, everything is good this week in the list. But I'm amazed today because Madonna DIDN'T make it wrong with that "Living for Love" video. I was really expecting crap. Maybe too many fx to make her look hot and agile, but the thing is fun and elegant.
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